00:00We have somebody in custody right now that is a potential suspect.
00:04We got a little bit more work to do on it.
00:06But as we usually do, as soon as we decide that we're gonna book him into
00:10the county jail, and the charges that he's gonna be booked into,
00:14we'll get those to you, and we'll get a picture of him, and
00:16we'll get you his background.
00:18Former President Donald Trump is safe and
00:21unharmed following a protective incident shortly before 2 PM on Sunday
00:26at Trump International Golf Club at West Palm Beach.
00:31The US Secret Service personnel opened fire on a gunman located near
00:35the property line, and this matter is under investigation.
00:39It was one or two holes behind.
00:42That, cuz the bubble moves through the golf course.
00:46So our agents will get there first, clear it.
00:50He noticed that the rifle was pointed out, our agents engaged.
00:55We are not sure right now if the individual was able to take a shot at our
00:59agents, but for sure, our agents were able to engage with the suspect.
01:05I don't know that.
01:08Doug, up here, sir.
01:09How far away was the President, how far away was Donald Trump
01:13when this gentleman was caught and stopped?
01:19Probably between 300 and 500 yards.
01:22But with a rifle and a scope like that, that's not a long distance.
01:29Well, you gotta understand the golf course is surrounded by shrubbery.
01:32So when somebody gets into the shrubbery, they're pretty much out of sight, right?
01:37And at this level that he is at right now, he's not the sitting president.
01:41If he was, we would have had this entire golf course around him.
01:45But because he's not,
01:46the security is limited to the areas that the Secret Service deems possible.
01:51So I would imagine that the next time he comes at a golf course,
01:55there'll probably be a little bit more people around the perimeter.
01:58But the Secret Service did exactly what they should have done.
02:02They provided exactly what the protection should have been, and
02:05their agent did a fantastic job.
02:06Which direction was the shrubbery?
02:09Was it north, south, east, west, or south of the road?
02:15The layout of the golf course, you've got three holes, five, six, and seven, all
02:19right, one of them runs parallel to Summit Boulevard,
02:22one of them runs parallel to Congress.
02:24And he was in an area in the shrubbery where he could see both holes.
02:29So the president was another hole back,
02:32which means he's about between 400 and 500 yards away.
02:35So he was on the golf course?
02:37He's on the golf course, yeah, but he's back a ways.
02:40The threat level is high.
02:43We have increased the amount of assets that we've supported.
02:47So we live in danger time, so yes.
02:52The FBI has assumed the role as the lead federal law enforcement agency
02:57in the investigation of the incident that occurred earlier today at
03:01Trump International Golf Course here in West Palm Beach, Florida.
03:07We've deployed a number of resources, including the investigative teams,
03:11crisis response team members, bomb technicians,
03:16and evidence response team members as well.
03:20What we need right now is for
03:21the public to avoid the area around the golf course.
03:25Our prosecutors are currently working up warrants and
03:29a motion for pretrial detention for the suspect.
03:33In that way, he will be kept in custody.
03:35But our filing of these warrants and
03:37charges at the state level does not preclude federal charge that could be coming.
03:42But in the meantime, it looks like the warrants and
03:47the pretrial detention motion will happen first.
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